Dacia Maraini is today's most prominent Italian writer. She's won,
among others, both Campiello and Strega prizes, which are the most
prestigious Italian literature awards. Her books have been
translated into 22 languages and some of her bestsellers - such as
Storia di Piera [Piera's Story], L'eta del malessere [The Age of
Malaise], La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria [The Silent Duchess],
Voci [Voices], and Memorie di una ladra [Memories of a Thief] -
were turned into successful movies. Writing like Breathing is a
unique collection comprising some of her most important works, the
majority of which have never been translated into English. The
series is divided into four major volumes that are meant to give a
full picture of Maraini's production from 1962 to the present: I.
Autobiography, novels, short stories and poems; II. Plays; III.
Articles; IV. Essays, talks and interviews. Writing like Breathing
shows how the finest Italian woman writer alive today has embraced
and fought for a vast number of issues: women's rights, abuse of
women and children, emigration, discrimination, politics, the
Holocaust, among many others. Moreover, this collection of
Maraini's autobiographies, novels, short stories, and poems,
emphasises the author's long relationship with Japan and the United
States, countries to which she has devoted several books and
articles, both autobiographical and fictional. Some unpublished
manuscripts enrich this unique first volume: two short stories ("A
Christmas in the Snow Globe" and "Aylan") and three poems ("At
Night", "Rome", "Like Sea Bass Underwater"). The other volumes
contain unpublished plays ("Diotima and Socrates," "My Name is
Antonino Calderone," "Celia Carli, Ornithologist", and "Lia, Who
Thought Herself Antigone"), essays, talks, conversations, and
interviews given by the author at American universities.
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